Chapter 73 Attention from the other side
Lin Han beat the Knicks at Madison Square for 35 seconds 13 seconds. The impact of this game has been huge. As a focus event in the United States, almost tens of millions of fans watched the game, especially the last minute of the game. In the statistics of ABC, when the last game time came to the last minute, when Lin Han scored the first of his last four three-pointers, the overall ratings were indefinitely rushing. When Lin Han finally hit the last buzzer-beating final,
The highest ratings of ABC even soared to more than 20%, which is a regular season for NBA. Although such ratings are incomparable to the NBA Finals, last year the Bulls vs. Suns in the NBA Finals, because of the two super popular superstars, Jordan and Barkley, they set a new high in NBA ratings, reaching 17.9%. The previous finals ratings record was 15.9% created by the Celtics and Lakers in 1987. At that time, the protagonists of NBA were Magicians and Bird.
Although the attention to the NBA finals is incomparable, it is just a regular season game after all. Besides the NBA finals, even the average playoffs are not as high as the ratings. In this case, almost most NBA fans in the United States watched this game, and even some NCAA fans immediately saw such a report of almost miracle events in newspapers or TV after the game ended. Under such circumstances, the impact can be imagined.
So on the second day after the game, as the newspaper with the largest circulation in the United States, the front page of the United States Today was the photo of Lin Han holding up his right hand and stretching out four fingers after hitting the final fourth goal. The title was an extremely horrifying 'Conquest, from now on!'. Although the United States today has always been the best attitude towards Lin Han among all major media in the United States, it is almost unbelievable that this media can use such a title. After all, Lin Han is a rookie, and can deal with a
The rookie has such expectations and is looking forward to him conquering the NBA. In the history of the NBA, there are not many rookies who have such expectations. The closer ones are naturally Jordan and Olajuwon. Before Jordan, Bird and the Magic were also ones. These two were the most popular players in the United States when they were in college. The ratings record of more than 30 million people created by the NCAA match between the two has so far not to mention that basketball games cannot be broken, and there is no chance for other games. If you push the timeline forward, that is the group of ancient gods.
It can be said that the expectations of Lin Han after this game in the United States should have been ridiculed and despised by many people, but this time it has been missing for a long time without much opposition. It seems that this Chinese rookie has really become another player who is considered to be able to win the championship since the beginning of his rookie career, just like Jordan, Olajuwon, Magic, Bird and others before. In this regard, Lin Han has now surpassed all the rookies this year. Even Chris Weber and Penny Hardaway, two super popular and highly-selected rookies, are not as popular as Lin Han. Although these two are indeed very popular and strong, they are called the future of NBA when they enter the NBA, but there is still a difference between the future of NBA and the future king of NBA.
In a sense, the statement from the United States today means that this media believes that after Jordan, the king of the NBA is Lin Han, just as all American media thought that the king of the NBA after the Magician and Bird was Jordan, if the United States today was not a black Lin Han media in the past, I am afraid that when the United States today made this front page headline, others would think that the United States today is going to play tricks and is ready to praise Lin Han.
Of course, if Lin Han only looked at the data in this game against the New York Knicks, he did not perform well. After all, he still made 11 shots in 26, and he still scored 15 times, and only scored 31 points in total. In addition to the scoring data, other assists, rebounds, steals and blocks can be said to be neglected. Such a data can be said to be terrible. If Lin Han did not have the last thirty-five seconds and thirteen points, today the American media would probably have another face. The bloody storm was simply unbearable to look at it. But now, whether willing or unwilling, the dominant voice of the public opinion community was touting Lin Han's miracle and madness in this game. Even the NBA officials began to come out to build momentum for Lin Han.
For example, as the president of the league, David Stern, a guy who rarely expressed his views to Lin Han, even expressed his regret. When the draft was first released, Lin Han was unable to go to the scene, which made the NBA miss an opportunity to record images. What kind of players would regret it because they missed the draft? Of course, they are those future Hall of Fame players or NBA passers. When these players retire or leave in the future, the scene where they shake hands with David Stern will be permanently preserved. Obviously, even David Stern, a league president who never expresses his opinions on active players in order to avoid suspicion, came out to build momentum for Lin Han, which can also show how terrifying it is now.
Or, after Jordan left the league, the NBA needed another hero. I have to say that Lin Han really took advantage of the situation. Obviously, after Hardaway, who was originally highly expected, was boycotted by a large number of Jordan fans because of the media's touting, Hardaway encountered great difficulties in popularity promotion season. After all, when Jordan left the NBA, the forced palace of the national media caused a very great disgust to Jordan fans. Such disgust was directly vented by them on Hardaway. Sometimes, this is the case. On the contrary, Lin Han, who was despised and discriminated by the national media after entering the league, almost smashed these discrimination and contempt step by step in Jordan's way, aroused the favor of these Jordan fans who missed and sympathized with Jordan.
Therefore, there has been a voice recently that when the All-Star voting this year, many fans said they would not vote for Hardaway. This young darling who was believed by media experts to replace Jordan was defeated in the NBA. Many fans also expressed their expectation for Lin Han's performance in the NBA All-Star Game this year. From this point, it can be seen that Lin Han is really slowly making a comeback. Don't think that the number of Jordan fans in the NBA is not many fans compared to other teams. In fact, almost half of the NBA fans in the United States are Jordan fans, and the other half are other superstars or team fans. This impact is very huge.
If there is a very influential person at this time, such as the Bulls' head coach Fei Er Jackson, if he builds momentum at this time, expresses the Bulls' grievances after Jordan leaves, and hopes that Bulls fans or Jordan fans will vote for a player of the Bulls, then even the Bulls' starting point guard BJ Armstrong may replace Jordan as the starter of the NBA All-Star Game, or even become the voter in the defender position. Don't think this is impossible. Although Armstrong only played the Bulls' starting last season, his career data is only 8 points and 3 assists per game. As long as Bulls fans or Jordan fans are willing, Fei Er Jackson is a little sad, and Jordan fans are definitely willing to vote for the defender who originally belonged to Jordan on Armstrong.
Of course, at this time, Lin Han naturally could not know that his recent series of performances were recognized by the largest group in the NBA fan group. At this time, Lin Han followed the team to leave New York and return to Utah, a group of special guests were waiting for him in Utah.
"Lin Han, Hello, my name is Su Qian. I am a reporter from China Sports News. This is Mr. Sun Zhengping, a basketball commentator of domestic ccavs. This is Li Feng. This time, the team leader of the working group of ccavs came to the United States. This is Zhang Hong, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency in the United States."
When Lin Han returned to the team, the club informed him that a group of guests from the other side of the ocean were waiting for him. Seeing such a large group of domestic reporters, commentators and staff members Lin Han was actually shocked.
After all, he didn't know that his performance in the United States would actually attract the attention of the other side of the strait, so he was really a little scared when he saw this group of people. After all, Lin Han is not an ordinary American. Lin Han is a fugitive. Not only Lin Han is a fugitive, but Lin Han's whole family is a fugitive. According to the other side of the strait, Lin Han is a completely deserter and traitor. If he is a little exaggerated, he can be wanted and even shot after being caught.
Although there have not been many deserters like Xiang Lin Han on the other side, Lin Han was still a little nervous. Although he had been in the United States for a long time and was still young at that time, basically he didn't know anything, but his adoptive father and mother also told him some things. For example, Lin Han's adoptive father and mother were not ordinary farmers, but top students from the Capital University of the Celestial Dynasty, and were also researchers from a research institution. He was a top intellectual or expert. Otherwise, he would not have been able to take three children in the capitalist country of the United States with his three children.
The family was able to buy a house and a car so quickly, and they could quickly turn the family of five from a black household registration into an American citizen. Moreover, Lin Han has always been told by his adoptive parents that people like them are different from ordinary civilians on the other side. After they are caught, they will be really positioned for treason. It seems that they have participated in some secret projects on the other side, but they have never said about this. So Lin Han's parents can live well in New York and Los Angeles with their abilities, but they came to this small place in Utah.
So after seeing these reporters from the other side, Lin Han was very humble. There was no way, he was really guilty. Who knew if Lin Han’s parents’ names were really on the list of traitors on the other side?
Fortunately, these guys seem to be interested in Lin Han’s NBA career, but they don’t have much interest in Lin Han’s other things. When asking about Lin Han’s family, Lin Han also mentioned it, saying that he came to the United States with his parents when he was very young, and they did not go into it too much. After all, this is the first interview.
This also made Lin Han feel relieved.
However, from now on, Lin Han has been really attracted by the other side of the strait, which is definitely a good thing for Lin Han.
Chapter completed!